Math 421, Modern Algebra

About the textbook

Our required text will be "A First Course in Abstract Algebra", the 7th Edition, by John B. Fraleigh, which has ISBN 978-0201763904. The bookstore should have used copies, but I am not sure of the price. There are used copies you can buy online for about $75. I would avoid the Kindle edition. The 6th edition has different sections and some differenct material so will not work. The 8th edition is electronic only and is not appropriate.

A Remote Scheduled Class

This class will be "remote scheduled" and here is what that will mean, most weeks. Most weeks we will meet online twice, for about 30 minutes each time. Midterms and perhaps quizzes will happen during one of the scheculed times. The bulk of the mathematical content will be in a sequence of three or four video segments, each about eight minute long, that you will be asked to view prior to the schduled time.

More technical and accesibility issues

Be sure your UNM email account is working and you have a way to check it daily. There are limitations on how I can send to non-UNM email accounts.

Not much more will show up on this website, as we will be utilizing UNM-Learn . Before classes start is a good time to discover if there are techical or accessibility issues related to your viewing material at UNM-Learn. My plan is to use YouTube to host videos.

Professor Terry Loring, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,